An Investigation of Contingency and the Uses of Data Streams

New Paradise Laboratories' (NPL) core ensemble will expand their devised theater techniques and lay the groundwork for a series of new pieces, through investigations of improvisational structures, games of chance, and audience interactivity, with a group of international practitioners including composer Bhob Rainey and UK game theory specialist Tassos Stevens. NPL's research will culminate in a series of recitals that will put the group's investigations in front of audiences to assess results. These innovative, experimental recitals will offer audiences a thorough but playful look at how chance influences our lives, while contributing to the local and national conversation about best practices to expand devised theater and improvisation techniques.

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